Frome Comic Con 2016

Not Just For Muggles

Superheroes, wizards and strange beings invade Frome on August 14th 2016 to fight evil, save the Universe and to read some comics.

FromeFM marks the event with a day of special broadcasts – both live and dusted off from the FromeFM audio crypt.

My Radio Show is a sound collage blending music and cult spoken word. Episodes 1 and 2 are a Batman story and episode 3 features Thunderbirds.

By Bon Jovi’s Beard is a programme dedicated to comics and graphic novels. In this episode Phil, Jan and Rob talk about European comics, Watchmen and classic DC.

Not Just For Muggles features 2 interviews. The first is with Matthew Graham who created Life On Mars & Ashes to Ashes. He also talks about writing for Doctor Who and for film. The second is a interview with Rupert Holliday Evans, who many will know as Colonel Mace from Doctor Who.

Thunderbirds 1965 – 3 new puppet episodes of Thunderbirds were released in 2016, the first Super Marionation Thunderbirds in 50 years. FromeFM goes behind the scenes at the Thunderbirds studio and talks to the producer and the crew about how they did it.